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He studied acousmatic composition at the Conservatoire National de Région de Nice with Michel Pascal, Antony Maubert and Gaël Navard, then at the École Supérieure des Arts de Mons, Arts² with Philippe Mion and Ingrid Drese. In 2017 he obtained a Master’s degree in acousmatic composition at Arts². He creates and plays music in a range of experiences. Passionate about experimental live music, his approach integrates composition, electroacoustic performance, but also acousmatic interpretation. His multidisciplinary approach has led him to work in collaboration with numerous performers, musicians, poets, choreographers and stage directors. His music is regularly programmed in Belgium and […]

A professional sound engineer for the cinema, her passion for sound and listening led her to discover acousmatic music in 1984, at the 1st international acousmatic festival “L’Espace du Son” in Brussels. Attracted by the title of the festival, she was delighted to discover the possibilities offered by acousmatics: the figurative sense of space in stereophonic works, and the spatialised interpretation of acousmatic works in concert, which she has been performing regularly since 1988.After graduating in film editing at a film school (INSAS), she went on to win a first prize (1990) and then the Higher Diploma in Acousmatic Composition […]

« Enfant, je suis dans la lune. On met des diabolos dans mes tympans.Un jour, mon père rentre du service militaire avec un ukulele.Aux Planchettes, je passe mon temps à m’enregistrer avec un magnéto Fisher Price rouge. Je parle beaucoup.Plus tard, j’apprends la guitare et à me taire. Il faut commencer par se taire pour écouter. La musique devient mon meilleur moyen de communication.Je fais du punk rock avec mes copains. Puis j’enregistre.Les techniques du son me fascinent. Je quitte la Suisse pour la Belgique, où j’étudie à l’Institut des Arts de Diffusion. C’est là que je découvre naïvement la musique […]

Virginie Viel is an electroacoustic composer. She started her artistic carreer as visual artist, practicing photography and video and creating audiovisual installations. In 2008, she obtains a MA in Visual Communication at the École des beaux-arts de Caen (France). In 2014, she obtains a MA in Acousmatic and Electroacoustic Composition at the Conservatoire royal de Mons / Arts2 (Royal Conservatory of Mons / Arts2), Belgium). Since 2014, she is a researcher at De Montfort University in Leicester (UK). Her research investigates the relationships between acousmatic composition and visual acomposition. She is part of Séneçon, a collective of composers based in Brussels (Belgium). She […]